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Grade 10Electromagnetic Induction

Find the electric force between two protons separated by a distance of 1 fermi (1 fermi = 10-15 m). The protons in a nucleus remain at a separation of this order.

Profile image of Hrishant Goswami
12 Years agoGrade 10
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Profile image of Jitender Pal
12 Years ago
Sol. Charge on each proton = a= 1.6 10^-19 coulomb Distance between charges = 10 * 10^-15 metre = r Force = kq^2/r^2 = 9 * 10^9 * 1.6 * 1.6 * 10^-38/10^-38 = 9 * 2.56 * 10 = 230.4 Netwon
Profile image of Arun Kumar
12 Years ago
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Arun Kumar
Btech, IIT Delhi
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Profile image of Apoorva Arora
12 Years ago
force is given by
F=\frac{kq_{1}q_{2}}{r^{2}}
putting all the values
F= 230.4 newtons
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Apoorva Arora
IIT Roorkee
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